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JAPANESE VESSELS IN BERING SEA 



Operations of Japanese floating crab canneries in Bering Sea, 

 which have been carried on there for four successive seasons, v^ere 

 on a somewhat larger scale in 1933 than in the previous year. About 

 the middle of May the cannery vessels Shoheo Maru and Taihoku 

 Maru were observed with their tenders and small fishing boats op- 

 erating offshore from Amak Island and Nelson Lagoon, respectively. 

 Later they moved farther east to the vicinity of Cape Seniavin. In 

 June the floating cannery Kasada Maru was seen fishing to the 

 north of Nelson Lagoon, and in the early part of August the Shinano 

 Maru, with the trawler Kokusal Maru, was anchored about 11 miles 

 northeast of St. Paul Island, its crab nets covering a wide area. 

 All the nets used by the Japanese fishermen were set well outside 

 of the 3-mile limit. 



In addition to the floating canneries, the scouting ship Hakuho 

 Maru, of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, made a 

 cruise along the Aleutian Islands in June for the purpose of investi- 

 gating the migration route of fur seals. It left Dutch Harbor on 

 June 26 to return to Japan. 



The Japanese Government vessel Hakuyo Maru^ of the Imperial 

 Fisheries Institute of Tokyo, was also in Bering Sea. Besides the 

 crew of 44 men and 15 officers, there were 32 graduating seniors 

 aboard. The vessel is equipped with means to can fish, and it was 

 said that the students had canned some salmon during the cruise. 

 On August 4 the Hakuyo Maru anchored off East Landing, St. Paul 

 Island, and the captain and a party of students went ashore and 

 visited the Reef fur-seal rookeries. The vessel stopped at Dutch 

 Harbor the following day and departed on August 9. 



TROUT 



The production of trout was on a limited scale and was incidental 

 to other branches of the fishery. The products were as follows. 

 Dolly Vardens, 29.322 pounds fresh, valued at $1,497; 265 pounds 

 frozen, valued at $14; and 1,500 pounds dried, valued at $30; steel- 

 heads, 9,268 pounds frozen, valued at $424. The total output of both 

 species was 40,355 pounds valued at $1,965, as compared with 12,346 

 pounds valued at $942 in 1932. 



MISCELLANEOUS FISHERY PRODUCTS 



Several species of fish of minor commercial importance are taken 

 in small quantities, chiefly in connection with the halibut fishery, 

 and are landed at ports of Alaska and British Columbia and at 

 Seattle. Such products landed in Alaska in 1933 were as follows: 

 Sablefish, 8,990 pounds fresh, valued at $271 ; 92,705 pounds frozen, 

 valued at $4,134; and 1,400 pounds pickled, valued at $100; rock- 

 fish, 428 ])ounds fresh, valued at $10, and 3,105 pounds frozen, 

 valued at $109 ; flounders, 75,000 pounds fresh, valued at $1,125 ; and 

 smelt, 500 pounds fresh, valued at $50. 



